come on us to send it back in the kabul airport and at this mom. it just edging and the corruption puppies all set to fall the provincial government with the support of the congress party capital new delhi. but not everyone in the congress seems to be happy at this proposition the election result some sort of wide open. go party with the key image of a day the pot to cover the body of the fifty day match at the sink the law despite the decline and fall the government because they were short of numbers in the arm of the puppy on top which came second with twenty eight seats in the seventy member assembly. aside from the government. the support of the congress party which has eight seats. but many of the congress party which was ousted from power off to fifteen years. i read at the bishop's decision to extend outside to cool off it's a bit. given that the idea. i didn't know that the data was then used some of them voted at peace with the luminous body born delighted to be done today the stocky however we did get back to stand by its promise to suppo

nbc news, kabul. >>> and one more note from afghanistan, a photo that caught our eye.s army sergeant daniel purdue and his wife christina, about 7,000 miles away this christmas. he's in afghanistan, she is in new york, each holding up half a christmas card, then using an iphone app to combine them. on their facebook page, christina purdue wrote we may not get to be together for the holiday, but we still manage to come together with our holiday photo. >>> still ahead tonight, christmas with the royals. a big family gathering and a new glimpse of little prince george. >>> and later making a difference by playing matchmaker for a lot of new best friends this holiday season. >>> we're back now on this christmas night with a big family gathering that's getting a lot of attention today because this particular family gathering happens to involve a queen and her royal heirs spending christmas at a giant estate. we have a report tonight from london. >> reporter: just like any family, christmas is one of the few occasions when the royals are all together. joining the queen at ch

thank you for that, jane ferguson live for us in kabul.timated 100,000 people were killed during uganda civil war and head by joseph kony was targeting save jans and the group was chased out years ago but bodies are only now being laid to rest. and, malcolm webb is reporting. >> reporter: and the mother lucy was shot dead by rebels and the lord resistance army nearly ten years ago and now he will dig up her grave and take the body to their ancestor's home. friends and family are here to help. she was killed when rebels attacked a camp for the displaced called lakati and massacred people living there. >> the government are few. they were out computed and brought on the civilians. >> reporter: survivors fled. those that could collect the bodies of loved ones have to bury them elsewhere. on the 19th of may 2004 rebels attacked and came from this direction, running into the camp, shooting at people. others were forced into their huts and burned alive and in total 50 people were killed and there is a memorial here that lists their names. many m

jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> when defense attorney kimberly motley arrived in kabul in 2008, the junior lawyer from north carolina didn't expect to take long. >> i came here originally to train and mentor afghan defense attorneys. what i found is as much as i trained and mentoring them, they were training and mentoring me much more. >> five years later she's a regular fixture in kabul, outspoken and uncovered and defending afghanistan's most foresaken, including those at the bprison for women, where dozens of female inmates, afghan and foreign, hope for justice. motley stops in at this women's jam every chance she gets to check on the inmates and see if anyone needs a lawyer. does your iranian embassy know you're here? >> yes. >> okay. how long all been here? >> four months. >> irene from uganda has been here for more than four years convicted of drag trafficking. she should be free right now because the president reduced sentences like hers. motley is trying to help. >> this is the most recent presidential decree, so with this degree cree they forgive president karzai, when

stroke stationed at nato headquarters in kabul said it great that i was getting harder they fall from home let's take a nap. i don't hundred u s religious teaching that need to pay what is in the upfront capital kabul and mom at times even funny de thousands of miles of the film. an amendment to eat it. a blessing that savory and sweet dishes must be the way it looks so good to play the game went into the price to four dollars and seventy teams to get that means i'm now finds at home shoutout to my lovely wife in a late my kids getting cable and all the deer eat sat there in that little kids at the home of friends and family of seven indiana election. this eats lots to keep for me and i'll see you there you see. i wanna say happy thanksgiving to my love life star it's not that great then my brother bought my everest. it isn't what he said he predicted united states in november. it is also as a match would be a frosty night states the state fourteen seven thousand american forces in god's time with us and are therefore concludes that it seems. it got to bond but let's back up plan fore

. >> private first class simmons in kabul, afghanistan. i just want to wish my wife kristi, kids dawson and kayla and family a merry christmas and happy new year. i love you, i miss you, and i'll see you in february. >>> i want to say merry christmas to my wife bridget, my kids and i'm from southern california, my friends down south, i want to say merry christmas, san diego. >> merry christmas to you, too. edward snowden said his mission is already accomplished. the nsa leaker telling the "washington post" that he has already won. he says that's because journalists are telling the stories of the government's collection of data. snowden said he didn't want to change society. he just wanted people to say in how they are governed. >>> pregnant women who eat nuts or peanut butter don't be a pier to be raising the risk of nut allergies for their children. researchers say kids whose moms ate nuts five to eight times during pregnancy were 59% less likely to have nut allergies. women were once advised to avoid eating nuts during pregnancy. >>> pop

they're looking for any work to support their families here in kabul.ome lost jobs that they previously had with the international community. others are trying to survive what could be one of >> i haven't been able to pay the rent for two months. every day i go to the square, stand there all day. sometimes i can make $2. sometimes $4. >> most afghans live by the islamic calendar. for those the phrase 2014 has become a frightening event everyone talks about but few understand. >> at the place where we stand around for work everyone talks about 2014, but i don't know when this 2014 is. is it in a month, ten day's time, i don't have a clue. the businessmen hide their money. the investors stopped investing. the shop keepers collect their money all because of this. >> reporter: many fear they won't i causing it to facilitie. these men are are like many across the country. they have the most to lose. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> the judge of has given a fay with a daughter who has been declared brain dead time to find her long-term help.

embassy in kabul. source within the embassy tells nbc news there are no casualties or damage. >>> the u.n. voted to send thousands of peacekeepers into sudan as violence continues in the world's newest country. it took more than seven hours for two astronauts to successfully replace a faulty ammonia pump out site the international space station on tuesday. it should be up and running by this weekend. >>> the price of stamps is going up yet again. starting january 26th, a first class stamp will cost you 49 cents. that's a three cent inkraes. the higher price is the result of severe decreases in mail volume over the past five years. the postal service says they lost $5 billion in the last fiscal year. >>> this is a story of the day. a trash sorting worker at a san francisco recycling facility got a surprise when he saw an puppy come down the conveyor belt. the poodle survived being hauled by a garbage truck, dumped into a pile, scooped up by a tractor and loaded on to a shaker before being plunged nine f

and people recognize me in my community, and the city of kabul has grown from about a million in 2001ion now. and you see all the hillsides have lights there's power jeff where, enterprise people have brought generators until they could get city power, so i have seen a lot of growth, and i'm very hope that have things will work out, but i am also very concerned about what will happen. we kind of built this artificial economy, we built this artificial jobs for people that are going to go away. as the international community gradually disengangs. the american government has said we are not going to leave you behind, now matter how many times they say it the afghan stan has seen the community disengang. i think there's a lot of concern it will happen again. >> the wrights has spent tens of billions of dollars on the military, obviously, it is very expensive to have u.s.esomes because the list syrianics is so long. right now, this year, the united states is spending about $1.7 billion a week. $91 billion in 2013. so we are talking real money, and 90% of the economy is dependent on interna

she is a regular fixture in kabul. outspoken and uncovered. she speaks for those, including those at a prison where dozens of inmates are hoping for jz. >> motley stops at the gaol every chance she gets to check on the inmates and see if anyone needs a lawyer. does your iranian embassy know that you are here? how long have you been here? four months. >> irene from uganda has been here more than four years, convicted of drug trafficking. she should be free because sentences have been reduced. motley is trying to help. >> with this decree they forgive - hamid karzai signs the decree and forgives sentences for people for a crime. >> most of the women were sentenced without seeing a lawyer and most are illiterate. >> it is important for her to come and help those ones not supposed to be here. >> without motley, most would not know what to do. >> human rights watch estimates almost all the young girls and half are here because of crimes. >> are you here for running away or running away and adultery. >> the afghan war on elimination on violence proh

who joins us from kabul and then finally we have wiki leaks founder julian assange who's on the line from london thank you all for joining us in the media stand journalists search for media outlets to publish leaked documents let's first take a look at a clip from the film which gives viewers an idea of some of the reactions that you got. this is really just a ok you could use. this group you would be sure to give. me that. your fear. would be three zero this will go to you. because you are saying we're going to go if you're going to we're going to. so radio free europe financed by the congress to say the least some of the reactions were we can do this julian is that what you expected these kind of responses to wiki leaks to the wiki leaks offering i should say. well we didn't know and this was really. a test of the media environment throughout the central asian region and moving beyond to london and new york is what makes this documentary so interesting is that we have a different media organizations in different countries but all starting out of the same place al the journalists co

at the pharmacy counter. >>> i'm sergeant thomas bailey from kabul, afghanistan.nd happy new year to my family, my mom and dad, nieces, aubrey and hanna, i love you guys and miss you and i will be home soon. >>> on this christmas eve, we want to tell you about a group of santa's helpers who are making a huge difference by bringing smiles to sick children. nbc's mark potter has the story. >> reporter: for a child, there's probably no worse time to be in the hospital, away from home than over the holidays, unless -- the hospital and other caring folks bring the holidays here. >> oh, my gosh. who is that? it's santa claus. >> reporter: at children's hospital in st. peter's burg florida, he came from the sky, disguised as a window washer. bringing cheer and a wave to children who could use a smile. >> that is so cool. >> reporter: at the children's hospital in orlando, there were four of them. two santas and two elves, scaling the walls washing the windows and making new friends. for the kids it's a magical moment. >> hi. >> reporter: for the man from the window washi

. >> hi i'm specialist elliott from kabul, afghanistan. i just want to take this time to say merry christmas to my family and friends. i love you guys and miss you guys. i will be home soon and want to take this special time to say is i love you jonathan. happy one-year anniversary. i'll be home soon. i love you. i will be home. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> chief beaden, cat fee knicks afghanistan. i want to say merry christmas to my wife bridget, my kids, and i'm from southern california. my friends down south i want to say merry christmas, san diego. >>> all right. some stories making news this morning. welcome back, everybody. edward snowden says his mission has already been accomplished. the nsa leaker telling "the washington post" he has already won. he says that's because journalists are telling the stories of the

we are in kabul with the story. >> uncertainty and poverty on their minds, every day in kabul, thousandse hungry families at home to stand on the street looking for daily work, hoping someone will drive by. >> if these people cannot find jobs, they will become thieves or join the taliban and al-qaeda. >> afghans living in taliban-controlled areas say they to have join either side of the fighting to be guaranteed a reliable paycheck. as the country braces for foreign troops to withdraw next year, its heavily aid depend economy is already shrinking. >> it's people like this most at risk of any economic downturn. they're just trying to find any daily work to support their families here in kabul. some have lost jobs that they previously had with the international community. others are simply trying to survive what could be one of their toughest years yet. >> he arrived early hoping to beat the competition, but ends up standing side by side with dozens of others. many have come from rural city areas, joining this growing crowd of desperate men. he took us to his home, where his wife and two s

no one should be grounded in kabul in november to get me to the present incumbents cuz i eat and exchange views regarding the affront the store with about a month after meeting with the president judy it's almost gonna start work at the beach for the meetings between officials and a full look on the bumper mondo a spot of the new ad that floats to devise a defunct peace process. and those that would relieve the insurgent groups fall a second income on blue on blue monday but other in september. guard officials had been calling for his reviews for the o's in the hope the midst of it in enough influence to them that i live on the head of the kim hughes talks the militant group hulu has yet to indicate the court accepted the full anita back into the fold. it was also in chaos to the fullest meeting with the gun also shows that the more the of the israeli was given a book all day the actual event. and in addition her troubled focused on the boat and is a cool to meet the follicle mondo who assisted him in and of the tools to provisional squad under my nose. austin folks that run through them

there were no known reports of enemy activity that was recorded by nato headquarters in kabul.o -- no firefighters or anything in the area, but certainly until an investigation has been at least progressed further down the road, there -- it's unlikely we'll know exactly what caused the downing, dell. >> this comes as the united states is still trying to convince the afghan president to sign the security pack that would allow troops to stay in afghanistan after the end of next year. >> absolutely. it's a very precarious time for afghanistan. nato and the u.s. wants to secure security arrangements after their major withdraw in the coming here. it is also interesting to note as nato forces have taken a back seat, there have been fewer and fewer fatalities. this number today is pretty bad. >> phil ittner joining us live from london, phil thank you very much. >>> a new deal is bringing ukraine closer to russia. russia offering to lower gas prices to ukraine during a meeting between the leaders of both countries earlier today. they agrees to a deal worth $15 billion in securities, an

. >> wednesday also saw a suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul. the attacker drove a vehicle into a german army convoy near the airport. authorities say no one else was hurt. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. it came just as germany's defense minister was visiting troops in northern afghanistan. he toured the last remaining military base in the country. he was there to discuss continuing the international military operation after next year's official withdrawal. he called the attack in kabul worrying and said it did not change anything. >> we always have to expect this kind of thing. the situation remains unstable. but that is no reason to deter us from our course. >> back in germany judges dismissed a compensation claim related to a 2009 air strike in northern afghanistan. two fuel tankers seized by the taliban were blown up in the attack. at least 91 were killed, many of them civilians. the strike was ordered by the german army colonel who feared that the tankers could be used in a suicide attack. victims sought damages from ger

. >> for more than 10 years the money market in kabul has done a rousing business. afghans making money honestly or otherwise traded on foreign exchange, now it's bisser than t be ever because of the local currency the afghani. the president of afghanistan has still refused to sign a security pact, keeping american troops in afghanistan through 2014. without that the afghan currency is expected to collapse. causing fear in the community. >> if it is not signed people will be panicked and it will affect the economy of the country. people are running away, people are disappointed and our business men are not investing. money dealers are worried because they cannot work confidently. >> as afghans panic, the afghani is devalued. prices are going up. it is at ordinary markets like this where regular afghans come to spend their hard earned currency buying food, but food prices have gone up significantly in the past few days. that's because the people who sell the food buy in dollars. and the afghanis don't bias much food and the food anchorag shors not been so pad. sacks

he called the attack in kabul worrying that said it did not change anything. so where does that mean that we will always have to expect this kind of thing the security situation remains unstable. how about this but that's no reason to deter us from a call to promote the cause of too much meanwhile back in germany judges dismissed a compensation cla reling o awo thousand nine airstrike in northern afghanistan. to fuel tanker seized by the taliban were blown up in the attack. at least ninety one people were killed many of them civilians the strike was ordered by the german army penalty on line. the fear that the tankers could be used in a suicide attack. relatives of victims sought damages from germany. the court ruled there had been no breach of conduct. you are ludicrous mommy's president of the valuable for kok chi town was and gunmen on wednesday for talks with child smile on command. he appealed for more assistance in rebuilding his country following the islamist insurgency that it wanted rebels and radical islamists to have been north of the country in twe

bomb wounded so many antique i find it easy chair on the local pd and is forty times in an attack in kabul in november twenty ninth. one day to meet and his device can cycle to scholars. two p m and the fundamentalists of the provence and fool says bloody cuts would change if the attack. background awesome. an asic in your presence is out of it has announced the opening bid of one hundred plus positive move for the next icon the firm during the han they will instead be seen as somewhat of an amicable. when francis wrote in about a new snazzy kicking rising. not all that work in the bathtub the only son who couldn't act on the bottom of the neck use to resign after we saw yesterday was a ton of other dumb that i live on the second half. it was looking the cheeky kid who was behind the attack which the us president on the cruise i tended to reject a wooden beam and unknowingly to four cents to stay the country beyond twenty fourteen. neocons him to redeem his skills as a flight risk and that getting off the thousandth long and tough times. i wish him to sign each. but because i kept adding a

no one should be demanded in kabul in november to get me to the present incumbents cuz i eat and exchange views regarding the affront the store with about a month after meeting with the president judy it's almost gonna start work at the beach for the meetings between officials and a full book of the bunker mondo spa continued the floats to devise a defunct peace process. and those that would relieve the insurgent groups form a second income on blue on blue monday but other in september. guard officials had been calling for his reviews for the o's in the hope the midst of it in enough influence to them that i live on the head of the kim hughes talks. the militant group hulu has yet to indicate the court accepted the full monty the back into the fold. it was also unclear as to the fullest meeting with the gun also shows that the more the of the israeli argument in the pool and it isn't. the actual event. and in addition her troubled focused on the boat and is a cool to meet the follicle mondo who assisted him in and of the tools to provisional squad under my nose the folks that run through

farming village for ever less than an hour's drive from yemen's capital kabul lawn is far removed from al qaeda operations but without warning it was thrust into the war on terror. celine's mother shows me where her son used to sleep she can't bear to get rid of his things although she knows she'll never return home alive and help us i don't understand until the next day that an american drone killed my son why tell me may allah deprive them of their souls like they robbed us of our son that he was the only one providing for this family all we have left now is our tears we only target al qaeda and its associated force and even then the use of drones is heavily can strike before any strike is taken there must be me. certainly but no civilians will be killed or injured the highest standard we can set. accept there was a deadly failure yemen's interior ministry confirms the cousins had no links to terrorism in a country where tribal ties surmount all the loss was felt far beyond the family the white house has never acknowledged the deaths let alone the strike but mohamed shows me the evid

was actually a nightmare for women in afghanistan i was living on the situation myself as a woman in kabul i know what does that mean there's a woman and the taliban but comparing to that time. i think a lot has changed especially women participation in politics right now in the parliament of understand we have sixty nine women parliamentarian out of two hundred number of parliament parliamentarians woman can go to school they go to universities they can participate in the social affairs economy car fares so that's like the green color part of woman's life there is the black side also which is violence against woman kind of structure of discrimination that women are suffering will talk about that was troll process in just a little bit but i want to focus first about your candidacy as a president your first of all country's first female deputy speaker of parliament and you're running for president in two thousand and fourteen and although some things may be different like you're sad it would take a total transformation within afghan society to elect a female president i mean even in the cou

afghanistan's accuse the united states of forcing itself into an unfair contract with nato force in kabulthat is by cutting off fuel supplies to the country's security forces president cause i recently rejected washington's deal to let the alliance's troops stay off the twenty four tane now says pressure is being applied to drag him back in there's a coffin off now reports on why kabul refused to sign the deal in the first place. in the war getting out as often harder than going in and nowhere does that hold more true than in afghanistan president obama promised to withdraw combat forces by the end of twenty fourteen. the responsibility for their security in this war will come to a responsible. but the two countries have been at all odds over a deal that would keep some u.s. troops past that deadline washington wants the pact signed before the end of the year it's imperative that we conclude the bilateral security agreement as soon as possible but afghan president hamid karzai says not until the u.s. cleans up its act so the issue of. sovereignty and detentions and the continued presence

troops today after twenty fourteen this account from the for explains now why kabul is so reluctant.or getting out as often harder than going in and nowhere does that hold more true than in afghanistan president obama promised he would draw combat forces by the end of twenty fourteen. responsibility for their security. sponsor. but the two countries have been at all odds over a deal that would keep some u.s. troops past that deadline washington wants the pact signed before the end of the year it's imperative that we conclude the bilateral security agreement as soon as possible but afghan president hamid karzai says not until the u.s. cleans up its act so the issue of. sovereignty ended detentions and the continued presence of international forces and afghan villages and the very conduct of the war itself. the simmering tensions have erupted into a war of words on sunday karzai accuse the u.s. of deliberately withholding fuel supplies to pressure him into signing the deal the nato led force in afghanistan says that's simply not true and it's not the only spat a u.s. drone strike last

jane ferguson al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> reporter: more ahead on the al jazeera news hour, powery in venezuela and widespread electricity cuts are putting the president under pressure plus. >> i'm rob reynolds in doha and we will talk about the tannery and the devastating impact on the environment and the people who live here. >> and joe will be here to tell us why it was snowing stuffed animals at a hockey game in canada and this is coming up, in sports, do stay with us. ♪ ♪ welcome back and this is the top stories on al jazeera, thai police are allowing protesters to enter the grounds of government buildings after being with them for days. and they say their campaign to topple the government will go on. ukraine's parliament will vote on a confidence motion against the government, the country's prime minister is warning that protests could turn into a coup and demonstrations are intensifying in kiev. and television is reporting the suicide attack in the capitol damascus killed four people and the blast is in the neighborhood and also injured 17 others and we will bring you more

this is at a base due south of kabul, pretty close to the pakistani border. and these two 40 tons per day capacity brand-new incinerators, these megamachines were installed at that base earlier this year. they have never, ever, ever been used. apparently there was some sort of electrical problem with them at first, which made them dangerous to operate, and then the load area was misconfigured when they were installed, so even though there were these huge machines with all this capacity, there was no way to get any trash fed into the machines, and really no way to even get ash out of them, had they been able to operate and burn up the trash in the first place. so, they exist, they're very nice looking, as incinerators go, but they do not work and they never have worked. and the contractors who built them were paid in fall, while the base kept doing what it had always done, which was burning all of its trash and all of its waste in an open pit. since the incinerators were installed, u.s. forces have left that base in eastern afghanistan. they handed it over to

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this attack came early this morning kabul time. the u.s. embassy compound was hit by two rockets, and the taliban quickly claimed responsibility. an embassy official told cbs news there were no injuries, and all americans who were inside the compound are accounted for. staff inside the embassy were not evacuated but were taken to a safe room. they were given the all clear around two hours later. afghan police said they have arrested a suspect in relation to the attack. two other locations were also hit by rockets this morning. one of them did not explode on impact and four policemen were injured as they tried to diffuse it. a taliban spokesman posted a message on twitter claiming the embassy attack had inflicted heavy casualties. >> holly williams in london, thank you. >>> in iraq two or more bombs exploded this morning in christian areas of baghdad. at least 37 people were killed. one car bomb went off outside a church as christmas worshippers were leaving. so far no one has claimed responsibility. >>> and at the vatican pope francis is ce

. >> reporter: for more than ten years the money market in kabul has done a roaring business. foreign aid and investment poured into the economy, and afghans making money honestly or otherwise, traded in foreign exchange. now it's bus yeser than ever because of increasing anxiety of the local currency of the afghani. the president of afghanistan is still refuse to go sign the security pact with the u.s. that would mean some foreign forces would remain after 2014. but billion dollars of aid would remain. with that the economy is expected to collapse without that. that is causing fear in the business community. >> if it is not signed then people will be panicked and it will effect the country. it is disappointing and our businessmen are not investing. people are worried because they cannot work confidently. >> at afghans panic and exchange their money for u.s. dollars the afghani dollar is being devalued. where much of the food is imported prices are going up. >> reporter: this is where afghanis come to spend their hard earned money, but food price versus gone up the last few da

a suicide car bomber carried out the attack about a half mile from the base in kabul. 12 coalition troops have died this month, including six u.s. soldiers who died in a helicopter crash on december 17th. >>> a chinese ice breaker ship is slowly making its way to a russian research vessel trapped in the ice aantarctica. the ship is care rig 74 professional and amateur scientists researching climate change. it became stuck on tuesday about 1500 nautical miles south of tasmania. one of the professors on board has been sending video messages back to home base. >> just over my left shoulder, you can hopefully see gray sky. that's what they call water sky. basically meaning the open water is reflecting on the clouds just above it. that's the most likely route the chinese vessel will get to us. >>> it is that time of year, the flu season is upon us. the centers for disease control says the infection is popping up in several states. we see where the flu season is in full swing. >> reporter: the flu season is officially upon us. although, it is just the beginning, the cdc is already reporting wid

a truck bomb was detonated outside police headquarters south of kabul. 17 were injured in the attack. >> still ahead, the global fight against diabetes could rise by 50% in the next 20 years. the 2000-year-old mystery of how water is supplied to some of the rome's famous landmarks. [ ♪ music ] >> >> the top stories on al jazeera. anti-government protesters are back on the streets of bangkok, demanding the resignation of thes prime minister. we are looking at a live picture. in a national address, yingluck shinawatra says she'll stay as long as the majority of people are behind her. >> a thousand demonstrators have blocked off the headquarters, questioning viktor yanukovych's decision to walk away from a trade pact offered by the european union. 50,000 people in a rally turned violent when police tried to disperse the crowd. >> rivalries connected to the war in syria are dividing communities in northern lebanon. neighbours turn against each other, with snipers targetting family homes. nine have been killed in the past two days. from triply zeina khodr reports. >> sniper fire has made m

this 6-year-old was one of the children in kabul. be your bodyguard, what inspired you was an incident in december of 2012, which was a teenager suicide bomber who set off the bomb and killed four children including marza's two sister. yes. i believe the numbers might have been a little higher. but yes, her sisters, i knew them as well. when this happened, it was devastating not only to me but to a lot of the friends i was deployed with as well and others i did not know. when i started making the film, i started getting messages saying they wanted to see when it came out. they knew it wasn't just me marza came up to, they would act that way for anyone in the area, whether a troop or contractor. it wasn't just me that really appreciated everything they had done for us leading up to their ultimate sacrifice. it was many others as well. >> as we get to the stage where there's going to be a withdrawal with or without an agreement of the karzai government, what are your thoughts about america's longest war and the children, the children o

. >>> new this morning, no one was heard when two rockets landed in kabul just before dawn. two rounds of indirect fire hit the ground within the compound perimeter and did not cause any damage. three police officers were hurt when a roadside bomb exploided. officials found an unexploded bomb in the same area. >>> just in time for the new year, residents of japan's fukushima prefecture get to go home. people living in the area will be allowed to stay at their homes until january 7th. one man returning home says he's happy to be back. he's not concerned about the radiation. government officials say 1700 people asked for permission to visit their homes during the new year period. an earthquake and tsunami triggered that nuclear crisis at the fukushima nuclear plant. >>> people in maine and vermont are waking up without power. utility crews all over new england are working around the clock to help out. >> reporter: this is not the cri christmas tens of thousands of mainers imagined for themselves. thick ice is still weighing down trees and pulling downpourli dowdown power lines

us national security adviser susan rice visit to kabul and had a meeting with the progress and taught at the side of the uncertainty over the future of us troops in the country. rice maker said it was a guest on preston's best in class to sign a buy back agreement with the united states offered to send the awful thought into it and asked the security pact. bought. the meeting between home because audiences and dry skin the dean of student assembly of god as those moon as low as you go what to do approved a security pact with the united states but percent of homes within the u s troops will stay on top the most foreign forces withdrawn next tip. but president ahmed as i took the puck into question by refusing to sit there though he would sign it. in total. a little rice is because that is if you put the site was secured to do with the united states could mean for the washington david draw on its troops next year. he wants the united states to put him in the hip and committed to the tune of garden homes and him once stated its commitment to peace talks before deciding to buy that unsecu